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Using these features Arif tracked the phone to an area of Barton Hill. He then called police and reported it missing. Arif also said he sent numerous messages to the phone asking for it to be returned.

A few days later Arif managed to snap a picture using the phone’s camera. The picture showed two people, one of whom Arif believes was the taxi driver from the night he lost his phone.

Arif had a surprise installed on his handset (Image: Bristol Post)

A few days later, Arif says he saw from the GPS on his missing phone it was at a phone shop in Easton, and claims he got a photo of the owner as well.

The police went to the phone shop and the owner told them a cab driver had been there. A few days later police gave Arif his phone back.

“I have no idea how they found it,” he said. “They sent me an email saying the driver had denied trying to sell it and said he was at the phone shop trying to get it charged to give it back."

Arif is convinced the police would not have been able to get his phone back without the Prey app.